Six hand-coloured maps of Southern Italy, The Black Sea and Europe, including
Ortelius, Abraham
£300
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 17 June 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
Pontus Euxinus... 1590, double-page engraved map of The Black Sea, hand-coloured in outline, [Antwerp, c. 1624], 37 x 52cm., Ortelius, Abraham Galliae veteris typus, double page engraved map, hand-coloured [Antwerp, 1624], 42 x 52cm; Magini, Giovanni Antonio Maps of Calabria and Otranto [Terra di Otranto; Calabria citra, olim Magna Graecia], c. 1610, 355 x 490mm.; Janvier, Sieur L'Europe divisé en ses principaux Etats. Venice: FR. Santini, c. 1780, 50 x 68cm.; Jansson, Jan Calabria Ultra, olim altera Magnae Graecia pars. Amsterdam: J. Jansson, c. 1630, 41 x 52cm., engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, crease at centre fold; all framed and glazed (6)